# Movies you've seen recently (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [August 27, 2024, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288 "2024-08-27T05:10:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/181 "2024-09-19T13:25:39Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Been awhile since Hamlet for me. Does any major character live aside from Horatio? About the only thing I can tell you about Hamlet is that I’m sure that Yorik is dead. (“Alas, poor Yorik, for I knew him, Horatio.”) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/182 "2024-09-19T13:30:09Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I tried to tell my daughter that Lion King is more or less a form of the Hamlet story…except everyone dies(except Horatio) in the original, so Disney definitely decided to make a few changes. Everybody points out the similarities to _Hamlet_, but virtually nobody points out the similarities to _Henry IV Part 1_, with Simba as Prince Hal, Timon as Ned Poins/Bardolph and Pumbaa as Falstaff. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/183 "2024-09-19T13:40:23Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Question: Been awhile since Hamlet for me. Does any major character live aside from Horatio? Would not count Fortinbras, who I remember just shows up at the end and says, “What???” Well, obviously the answer to this is dependent on your definition of “major,” but the short answer is No. Hamlet, Ophelia, Gertrude, Claudius, Polonius, Laertes, Rosencrantz, Guildenstern - all dead In addition to Horatio, Osric survives, as do the Players and the guards from the beginning Marcellus and Barnardo, but I would think those are all considered minor characters, even though the Player King has some decent lines ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/184 "2024-09-19T14:27:42Z")
The idea that even including a winky smilie … ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/185 "2024-09-19T15:04:14Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Does any major character live aside from Horatio? Would not count Fortinbras, who I remember just shows up at the end and says, “What?? Or as the song “That’s Entertainment” puts it: Some great Shakespearean scene Where a ghost and a prince meet, and everyone ends in mincemeat ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/186 "2024-09-19T15:28:45Z")
> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > About the only thing I can tell you about Hamlet is that I’m sure that Yorik is dead. (“Alas, poor Yorik, for I knew him, Horatio.”) A scene which was brilliantly parodied in _L. A. Story_. Everybody remembers the “alas, poor Yorick” line, but the leadup to that is quite funny. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/187 "2024-09-19T16:15:52Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Where a ghost and a prince meet, and everyone ends in mincemeat Yep. I’ve only ever viewed Kenneth Branagh’s 4-hour full film and that checks out. Note: I actually did see that weird Ethan Hawke one with Bill Murray as Polonius. Boom mic made a ton of appearances in my theater. I never found out if the movie was sloppy or if the projection was opened up too much and showing parts of the film not intended to be on screen. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/188 "2024-09-19T16:34:58Z")
Roger Ebert explained that in his Movie Answer Man column _years_ ago, that (almost certainly) the projector was framed improperly. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/189 "2024-09-19T16:57:12Z")
> [@ShadowFacts](#): > > Rosencrantz, Guildenstern (flips coin) “Heads…” ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/190 "2024-09-19T17:39:39Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Roger Ebert explained that in his Movie Answer Man column _years_ ago, that (almost certainly) the projector was framed improperly. Yep, that is what I remember as well. Only time I’ve seen it done and it was an art theater that actually cared about its movies. I’ll have to stream or get it on DVD sometime to look. Sadly, my main memory of the movie is watching the boom mic pop in and out. Very low quality movies actually do have this happen, but it is rarer in movies with even some money behind them. In Alien Private Eye, they put the boom up near a ceiling fan and all you hear is low dialogue with a fan blowing. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/191 "2024-09-20T01:58:58Z")
_Cabin in the Woods_ 2011 Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard are pretty consistent in delivering entertainment Highly recommend this film if you liked Buffy and Angel. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/192 "2024-09-20T03:41:15Z")
**The Substance** Holy fuck this film is insane. Just pulls no punches goes nowhere you would expect wild madness and I loved every minute of it. A gross out body horror sci-fi parable about aging female bodies in Hollywood, misogyny & the male gaze, and the lengths one will go to attain beauty. All wrapped up in a wet gooshy visceral package. Demi Moore really puts herself out there, it’s quite a performance. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/193 "2024-09-20T08:31:16Z")
I am currently watching _Cruel Jaws_ from 1995. It stole scenes from four different official Jaws movies, two other shark attack movies, the music from _Star Wars_, and to top it off it has a Hulk Hogan lookalike. I love my Otherworld TV on Roku! 😆 ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/194 "2024-09-20T20:48:46Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Where a ghost and a prince meet, and everyone ends in mincemeat My favorite line from that song. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/195 "2024-09-20T21:27:45Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > > [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > > > My Cousin Vinnie > > I’ve seen _Born Yesterday_ (1950) recently. There is an interesting comparison with _My Cousin Vinnie_ (1992). For both at the Oscars, someone won best actress or best supporting actress, although many people found that win surprising at the time. In both, the other four nominees were more famous and tended more to do dramatic roles, but the winner was less well known and had a comedic role. I saw _Born Yesterday_ for the first time around a year ago; _My Cousin Vinnie_ is a true classic that I’ve watched at least three times. Highly recommend them both! Pretty sure I’ve mentioned both of them before. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2024, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/196 "2024-09-21T01:16:11Z")
**My Cousin Vinny** I was going to watch the AEW Dynamite show but saw this movie was playing on the adjacent TNT, so I watched it instead, having wanted to see it for awhile. It’s a brilliant film, and funny as hell. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2024, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/197 "2024-09-21T03:52:31Z")
**Modern Times** Been on kind of an oldies kick, recently. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2024, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/198 "2024-09-21T20:52:47Z")
I stumbled onto a series of TV movies based on a character named **Jesse Stone** , starring Tom Selleck, Viola Davis and others. An LA cop gets fired for drinking on the job because his wife cheated on him, etc. So he goes to small-town MA to be the police chief. Fairly typical cop show, only missing a sulky teenaged daughter to make it unbearable. Every young woman he meets instantly wants to shag this somewhat paunchy older guy. It’s just entertaining enough to where I’ll probably continue with it, although there are nine or ten of them. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2024, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/199 "2024-09-21T21:05:49Z")
Were there _that_ many of them? I watched a bunch when I was home sick once, and they suited my mood and brainpower at the time. I remember there was a woman (sergeant?) character at his station that I liked. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2024, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/200 "2024-09-21T21:14:13Z")
Googling, there were nine Jesse Stone films. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288.md?page=11)